Spinach-Stuffed Meat Loaf
Spinach is not only a great diabetes superfood, it’s full of antioxidants. Made with lean ground beef and turkey, this meat-and-potatoes dish is a slimming star. In this recipe, the other vegetables get roasted and puréed to make a great sauce.
Best Health magazine, January/February 2014; Image: Travis Rathbone
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Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 8 oz lean ground turkey
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs
- pinch garlic salt
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup low-fat ricotta cheese
- 10 oz frozen spinach chopped, thawed and drained
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
- 2 large onions thinly sliced
- 2 carrots coarsely chopped
- 1 can diced tomatoes
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Instructions
- In a bowl, mix beef, turkey, diced onion, bread crumbs, garlic salt and tomato paste. In another bowl, mix egg white, ricotta, spinach, salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Turn out the beef mixture onto a large sheet of wax paper, and form it into a 9x10-in. rectangle with your hands.
- Spoon the spinach stuffing lengthwise down the centre of the meat, leaving about 1 in. of it uncovered at each short end.
- With the help of the wax paper, lift the long edges of the meat. Fold meat over stuffing to enclose it. Slip wax paper out and discard.
- Using your fingers, pinch the edges of the meat together. Place loaf seam-side down in a non-stick roasting pan. Add sliced onions, chopped carrots and tomatoes to pan.
- Bake for about 11/2 hours, or until meat and vegetables are cooked through. Transfer meat to a platter. Purée vegetables in a blender and serve this vegetable sauce with the meat loaf.
Recipe Notes
Per serving: 294 calories, 32 g protein, 28 g carbohydrates, 6 g total fat (2 g saturated fat), 71 mg cholesterol, 2 g fibre, 405 mg sodium.
